Psychiatric Nursing Assistant Position Available In Hampshire, Massachusetts

Psychiric Nursing Assistant Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Veterans Health Administrion Summary This Nursing Assistant position is within the Nursing, Operions service VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System in Leeds, MA. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/26/2025 to 07/11/2025 Salary $43,209

• $70,538 per year Pay scale & grade GS 3
• 5 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Leeds, MA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Monday to Friday 11:30pm to 8am; Every other weekend and roting Holidays.

Tour of Duty may change based on the needs of the service. Service Excepted Promotion potential 5 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTD-12752777-25-MAW

Control number 839538800 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is open to the Public. Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. This position is listed on the annual determinion of staffing shortages and Veterans Preference does not apply to this recruitment. Veterans are encouraged to apply and will receive full considerion. Videos Duties The Nursing Assistant (NA) performs basic nursing duties under close supervision in a variety of health care settings such as inpient, outpient, Community Living Center (CLC), Acute Mental Health/Detox, and Resident Rehabilition Trement Programs (RRTP). The NA will care for pients/residents with acute to chronic conditions

• Becoming proficient with maintaining positive therapeutic relionships by displaying respect for human dignity with pient, families, and/or significant others utilizing communicion skills.
• Utilize observion skills for da collection, reporting, and recording.
• Participe in pient centered conferences/shift reports, and contributing informion for the development and review of the nursing care plan.
• Maintain a therapeutic environment for pients according to established procedures and policies by reporting actual or potential accidents, fire hazards, and faulty equipment.
• Competent with performing aspects of nursing care to meet pients/residents needs for: Personal Hygiene Physical Comfort Activity, Exercise, Rest Nutrition Eliminion Prevention of Skin Breakdown Rehabilitive Aspects of Care
• Performing and documenting prescribed medical trement and interventions for pients, such as diabetic urine testing and blood testing, simple dressing changes.
• Learning to be proficient with the utilizing rehabilitive principles to promote pient independence and recovery, encouraging and guiding pient/resident in bowel and bladder training.
• Engaging in-group activities such as off-stion trips, reality oriention, current events and other therapeutic groups with direction and close supervision.
• Monitors pients according to levels of observion i.e. (one to one, continuous observion, Q 15-minute checks, and safety rounding).
• Monitor Veterans who may be risk for harming themselves and or others according to established policies and procedures and appropriely refers issues to the charge nurse or other healthcare professionals.
• Reports pient stus to the RN and documents pertinent observions in the medical record according to established procedures.
• Sets up pient care reled equipment, such as respirory/oxygen delivery systems, portable and wall suction and assisting in monitoring proper function of equipment.
• Utilizes glucose monitoring machine to collect glucose values on veterans when needed and refer deviions to approprie nursing staff or other health care professionals.
• Utilize Bladder Scanner to collect informion for RN and Provider as ordered.
• Utilize ECG to collect informion for RN and Provider as ordered.
• Organizing and obtaining routine supplies and equipment.
• Assisting with pient educion including orienting pient and family to unit routines and policies.
• Working as a cooperive, courteous member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Safeguarding the pient’s right to privacy by judiciously protecting informion of a confidential nure.
• Utilizes principles of proper body mechanics whiling caring for pients and follows procedures for use of pient care equipment to prevent injury.
• Begin to orient lower-level nursing assistants.
• Performs other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within their scope of work.

Work Schedule :

Monday to Friday 11:30pm to 8am; Every other weekend and roting Holidays. Tour of Duty may change based on the needs of the service.

Pay:

Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step re of the approprie grade may be determined after considerion of higher or unique qualificions or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Re of the Grade).

Parental Leave:

After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy:

After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 .

Retirement:

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by

VA Insurance:

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 631-F08228 Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

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United Stes Citizenship:

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Experience or Educion or Training. Six months of general experience. Experience must demonstre the ability to acquire the knowledge and skills to perform the work of a NA; OR One year of educion above high school with courses reled to the NA occupion; OR Completion of an intensive, specialized, occupion-reled [training] course of study [or program] of less than one year as a NA may also meet in full the experience requirements for GS-3 English Language Proficiency. NAs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j.

GRADE REQUIREMENTS.

Creditable Experience. Knowledge of Current Practice. To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, and abilities associed with the current practice. Quality of Experience. To be creditable, NA experience must be documented on the applicion or resume and verified in an employment reference, or through other independent means. Part-Time Experience. Part-time experience as a NA is creditable according to its relionship to the full-time workweek. For example, a NA employed 20 hours a week, or on a 1/2-time basis, would receive 1 full time workweek of credit for each 2 weeks of service.

GRADE DETERMINATIONS.

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candides. GS-3 NA (Entry Level) Experience and Educion. None beyond the basic requirements. Assignments. Individuals assigned as GS-3 NAs are considered to be the entry level and are closely supervised GS-4 NA (Intermedie or Developmental Level) Experience. One year of specialized experience as a NA or experience in another medical field (licensed practical nurse, health technician, hospital corpsman, etc.), performing technical and nursing skills requiring knowledge of the human physical and emotional stes, therapeutic communicion, and technical skills required for basic and intermedie trements; OR Educion. Successful completion of 2 years above high school in an accredited institution with courses reled to nursing care, health care or in a field of study approprie to the specializion of the position, such as educion in a program for psychology, psychiric, or opering room technicians; AND Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). In addition, the candide must demonstre the following

KSAs:

Ability to provide a range of pient/resident care and contribute to the completion of the nurse care plan and recovery of pients/residents. Ability to observe pients/residents’ or resident’s physical or emotional stus and refer deviions and/or problems to supervisor in a timely manner. Ability to properly use equipment, merials and supplies in simple diagnostic and trement procedures such as bladder scan, continuous passive motion device, blood glucose monitoring machine, specimen collection, etc. Ability to communice effectively with pients/residents, their families and other health professionals. Assignment. Individuals assigned as GS-4 NAs are considered to be the intermedie or developmental level and are closely supervised. NAs this grade level function as a member of the nursing care team and assist higher graded NAs, licensed nursing staff, and other members of the care team in the care of pients/residents receiving outpient care, home or community living care or other pients/residents who are in acute, sub-acute, or chronic stes of illness. GS-5 NA (Full Performance Level). Experience . One year of progressively responsible assignments and experience equivalent to the GS-4 level which demonstres knowledge, skills, and abilities th are directly reled to the specific assignment. In addition, the candide must demonstre the professional KSAs in subparagraph (c) below; OR Educion. Successful completion of a 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor’s degree th included 24 semester hours of courses reled to health care or possession of a bachelor’s degree; AND Demonstred KSAs . Ability to assist in the full range of nursing care to pients/residents with physical and/or behavioral problems in a hospital, long-term care or outpient setting under the direction of a Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Vocional Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse. Ability to communice orally with pients/residents, families, interdisciplinary team and other personnel. This includes serving as a preceptor to new NAs by assisting with the coordinion of their oriention and overseeing/assessing their practical experience while in a clinical setting. Ability to recognize and react to emergent pient/resident care situions and intervene while waiting for assistance. For example, recognizing need for basic life support, controlling bleeding and assisting with behavior crisis, etc. Assignment. This is the full performance level for NAs. NAs this grade level function as a member of the nursing care team and assist licensed nursing staff in the care of pients/residents receiving outpient care, home or community living care or other pients/residents who are in acute, sub acute or chronic stes of illness.

Preferred Experience:

1-3 years experience in psychiric nursing.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS5. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS3 to GS5.

Physical Requirements:

Work involves varying periods of sitting, standing and walking. Working with Veterans/residents requires bending, stooping, teaching, lifting, balancing, kneeling, pushing, i.e., wheelchairs, geri-chairs, litters and similar activities. Also, it may be necessary to perform such activities as CPR and psychiric intervention a unit-specific level. An employee assigned to this position description may be assigned to work any shift. Educion Grandfhering Provisions. All NAs employed in VHA on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the series and grade held th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements required in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. If an employee who was retained (grandfhered) under this provision leaves the occupion, the employee loses protected stus of the grandfhering provision and must meet the full VA qualificion standard basic requirements in effect the time of re-entry to the occupion.

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Reminder

• Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible) Month & year start/end des (e.

g. June 2020 to April 2021) Full-time or part-time stus (including the number of weekly hours worked per week for each position listed on the resume). Please be aware th your answers verified against informion provided on your resume. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.

Recommended:

Even though we do not require a specific resume form, your resume must be clear so th we are able to fully evalue your qualificions. To ensure you receive approprie considerion, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to mch your experiences with the positions held, you may lose considerion for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualificions. Transcript Reminder

• If you are basing your qualificions on educion (or a combinion of educion and experience) you must submit a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial).

Veterans’ Preference:

This position is listed on the annual determinion of staffing shortages and Veterans Preference does not apply to this recruitment. Veterans are encouraged to apply and will receive full considerion. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/11/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Marek Wojenski Phone Fax (203) 937-4718 Address VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Reminder

• Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible) Month & year start/end des (e.

g. June 2020 to April 2021) Full-time or part-time stus (including the number of weekly hours worked per week for each position listed on the resume). Please be aware th your answers verified against informion provided on your resume. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.

Recommended:

Even though we do not require a specific resume form, your resume must be clear so th we are able to fully evalue your qualificions. To ensure you receive approprie considerion, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to mch your experiences with the positions held, you may lose considerion for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualificions. Transcript Reminder

• If you are basing your qualificions on educion (or a combinion of educion and experience) you must submit a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial).

Veterans’ Preference:

This position is listed on the annual determinion of staffing shortages and Veterans Preference does not apply to this recruitment. Veterans are encouraged to apply and will receive full considerion. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/11/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Marek Wojenski Phone Fax (203) 937-4718 Address VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/26/2025 to 07/11/2025 Salary $43,209

• $70,538 per year Pay scale & grade GS 3
• 5 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Leeds, MA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Monday to Friday 11:30pm to 8am; Every other weekend and roting Holidays.

Tour of Duty may change based on the needs of the service. Service Excepted Promotion potential 5 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTD-12752777-25-MAW

Control number 839538800 ., .